Old Brooklyn in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Pearl Street Savings & Trust Building

1924

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 20, 2021

1. Pearl Street Savings & Trust Building Marker

Inscription. Designated by
The Chamber of Commerce
as the Best
Small Commercial Building
erected in Cleveland
in the year 1924

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1924.

Location. 41° 26.503′ N, 81° 42.28′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Old Brooklyn. It is at the intersection of Pearl Road (U.S. 42) and Broadview Road, on the right when traveling north on Pearl Road. Marker is mounted at eye-level just to the right of the building entrance at the northeast corner of the intersection. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4175 Pearl Road, Cleveland OH 44109, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Brooklyn (here, next to this marker); In memoriam (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Brookside Stadium (approx. 0.9 miles away); Peak Of A Pastime (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named In memoriam (approx. one mile away); On This Site (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

Also see . . .
1. Ariel Pearl Center. Features

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marble columns and floors, bank vaults, stone walls, large arched windows under an intricate decorative plasterwork ceiling with magnificent crystal chandeliers. This stunning historic building was built in 1923 as the Pearl Street Savings and Trust Bank, which was designed by the famous architects, Hubbell & Benes, who also designed the Cleveland Museum of Art, West Side Market, City Club, Masonic Temple, and other famous historic buildings. (Submitted on September 20, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Old Brooklyn Bank Building, a Cleveland Landmark. Pearl Street Savings merged with the Cleveland Trust Co. in 1929, during a wave of bank consolidation heading into the Great Depression. The original name and tall signs atop the building eventually disappeared. But the property was home to a bank, with offices upstairs, until October 2011. That's when U.S. Bank, the most recent lender to occupy the ornate lobby, departed. The building gained city landmark status - a protective designation - on Councilman Kevin Kelley's watch in 2012, before he became council president. If Old Brooklyn has a downtown, Kelley said, then the former bank is its commercial center. (Submitted on September 20, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. Pearl Street Savings & Trust Company. (vintage photo from the Indiana
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 20, 2021

2. Pearl Street Savings & Trust Building Marker
(marker visible on right side of entrance)
Limestone Photograph Collection, #OH4701_1) (Submitted on September 20, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Pearl Street Savings & Trust Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 20, 2021

3. Pearl Street Savings & Trust Building

(marker visible on right side of center entrance)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,044 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 20, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.